Faculty

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Beitz, AlvinDepartment Chair and Professor - Anatomy and Neuroscience.Mechanisms responsible for tumor growth and metastasis using rodent tumor models and mechanisms underlying the development of chronic pain conditions that are common to animals and humans using models of persistent pain. Also interested in the mechanisms underlying acupuncture’s anti-inflammatory and antinociceptive effects.

Clarkson, ChristinaAssistant Professor – Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences Courseware development pertaining to veterinary gross anatomy, generation of learning modules to enhance learning of anatomy. Stem cell development and application in large animal model with the goal of translating to stem cell therapy in human disease conditions.

Collister, JohnAssociate Professor - Anatomy and Physiology.Long - term control of arterial blood pressure and the pathogenesis of salt dependent hypertension.

Isaacson, RichardProfessor - Microbiology.Molecular basis of pathogenesis of Escherichia coli and Salmonella Typhimurium and the gastrointestinal microbiome in health and disease.

Ji, YinduoProfessor - Microbial pathogenesis and functional genomics.Molecular mechanisms of pathogenesis of Staphylococcus aureus and host - pathogen interactions. Use of functional genomics to identify genes and operons involved in bacterial growth and survival, as well as genes that affect host cell integrity.

Mickelson, JamesProfessor - Biochemistry.Defining the molecular basis for heritable neuromuscular, neurological, and metabolic disorders in animals, focusing on those of the horse and the dog. Resource development for genome scans in horses and identification of alleles that have been subjected to genetic selection in breeds.

Murtaugh, MichaelProfessor - Molecular Biology.Molecular immunology, including the role of cytokine expression in disease pathogenesis and in protective immunity. Protein and antibody engineering, molecular pharmacology.

Olson, JulieAssociate Professor-Neuroimmunology and Virology.Immune response in the central nervous system during neurological diseases, especially multiple sclerosis, during virus infection, and during neuropathic pain

Reed, KentProfessor - Molecular Biology/Genetics.Molecular and cytogenetic approaches to the study of genomics and evolution.

Rutherford, MarkAssociate Professor - Immunology.Molecular analysis of the mechanisms controlling macrophage differentiation and function, including the role of cytokines. The generation of macrophage functional heterogeneity and novel gene expression.

Skinner, PamAssociate Professor - Pathobiology.We study prion disease pathogenesis and are working to develop novel diagnostic assays and treatments; and we also study HIV and SIV pathogenesis and are working towards the development of a successful HIV vaccine.

Stromberg, BertProfessor - Parasitology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine.Epizootiology of parasites. Evaluation of antiparasitic chemicals on parasites. Immunity to bovine coccidiosis.